Pegel Scharhörn — Nordsee
The Nordsee at Scharhörn was 438 cm at 04:50 CEST on 24 October 2026, up 45 cm in 24 hours.
Last 7 days
Lowest 349 cm · highest 651 cm · 10077 readings
Other gauges on the Nordsee
Helgoland Binnenhafen 451 cm Pellworm Anleger 465 cm Wittdün 479 cm Borkum Fischerbalje 482 cm Borkum Südstrand 493 cm Helgoland Südhafen 451 cm Büsum 433 cm Husum 450 cm Dagebüll 495 cm Hörnum 489 cm List Auf Sylt 507 cm Eider-Sperrwerk Ap 451 cm Norderney Riffgat 460 cm Langeoog 453 cm Spiekeroog 454 cm Zehnerloch 444 cm Mittelgrund 436 cm Bake A 450 cm Bake Z 446 cm
River km 745.0 · Standort Cuxhaven · map ↗
Reading a gauge
- The number is not the depth. It is measured from a fixed gauge zero, so the shipping channel holds more water than the reading suggests.
- Low means below the gauge's mean low water (MNW); high means above its mean high water (MHW). Flood warnings come from each German state's flood centre.
- On the Rhine, barges load by the Kaub gauge in the Middle Rhine gorge; as it falls they carry less and freight costs rise.
- Swimming in the Rhine is dangerous at any level: strong currents and ship wash pull swimmers under.
What this page shows, and what it misses
Gauges on Germany's federal waterways, as published by the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration every 15 minutes. These are raw readings ("Rohdaten") that can still be corrected. Small rivers run by the German states are not in this network — for those and for flood warnings, use your state's Hochwasserzentrale.
Data: Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes (WSV), PEGELONLINE, licence DL-DE→Zero-2.0.